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RUDIMENTARY
Definition of RUDIMENTARY
adjective
Of or relating to one or more rudiments; of the nature of an early stage.
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Where it comes from
From rudiment + -ary (adjectival suffix), perhaps after New Latin rudīmentārius, from Classical Latin rudīmentum (“first attempt; beginning”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). Compare French rudimentaire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUDIMENTARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUDIMENTARY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMNRRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RUDIMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUDIMENTARY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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